June 23, 2025 โข 41 mins
A cancer diagnosis at 34 changed everything for fashion designer Shruti Sethi. What began as a devastating health crisis transformed into a profound journey of self-discovery that completely reshaped her understanding of healing, purpose, and self-love.
When doctors told Shruti she had Hodgkin's lymphoma, she found herself asking deeper questions than her medical team was prepared to answer. Rather than simply accepting traditional treatments, she wanted to understand why her body had developed cancer in the first place. This curiosity led her down a path of holistic healing that would ultimately save not just her body, but reconnect her with her authentic self.
Through our conversation, Shruti reveals the unexpected gifts hidden within her cancer journey. She discovered that years of people-pleasing, chronic stress, and disconnection from her body had created the perfect conditions for illness. By integrating nutritional changes, meditation, breathwork, and emotional healing alongside conventional treatments, she achieved remission after just four chemotherapy sessionsโand has remained cancer-free for eight years without radiation.
What makes this episode particularly powerful is Shruti's vulnerability around the emotional patterns she's observed in herself and the cancer patients she now coaches. Women with breast and ovarian cancers often share histories of low self-esteem, difficult relationships, and patterns of over-giving at the expense of their own wellbeing. Through her book "The Healing Power Within" and her wellness platform Awaana Health, Shruti now teaches others that reconnection with the body's wisdom is the true path to healing.
Whether you're facing a health challenge or simply feeling disconnected from your authentic self, this conversation offers practical wisdom for coming home to yourself. As Shruti poignantly shares, "When you love yourself, you can equally love another personโbut you also have your boundaries." Join us for this beautiful exploration of how our greatest challenges can become our most profound teachers.
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NatNat (00:00):
Welcome to the Lift One Self podcast, where we break
mental health stigmas throughconversations.
I'm your host, nat Nat, and wedive into topics about trauma
and how it impacts the nervoussystem.
Yet we don't just leave youthere.
We share insights and tools ofself-care, meditation and growth
(00:21):
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Your presence matters.
Please like and subscribe toour podcast.
Help our community grow.
Let's get into this.
Oh, and please remember to bekind to yourself.
Shruti Sethi (00:36):
Welcome to the Lift One Self podcast.
I'm your host, nat Nat, andtoday I have a special guest and
I hope I say her name properlyShruti, and we're going to get
into the conversation of cancerand she's going to speak about
her own journey and I'm going topose some questions also
because many of you know, I justcame out of a two year journey
(00:59):
of supporting Natalie in hercancer journey and she
transitioned on November 27th.
So I'm interested in hearingyou know the experience that
Shruti has gone through and whatshe's bringing forth for other
people that are going throughtheir journey and experience of
life.
So, shruti, could you explainyourself to the listeners and
(01:24):
introduce a little bit of whoyou are, your experience and we
can go from there.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
Yes, natalie, thank you so much.
First of all, pray for yourfriend.
I'm sure she is at a betterplace and much more feeds me now
.
So my journey I'm Shruti Sethiand my journey.
I'm hi.
I'm shruti seti and my journeystarts.
I would say I've gotten a newbirth on in to the end the year
2016, when I actually gotdiagnosed with cancer.
(01:55):
Of course, my world flippedupside down.
It was absolutely devastatingnews at the age of 34, where you
know when you're really focusedon the career and I was
actually a fashion designer backthen.
I had my own label, I was doingmy own things and all of a
sudden, you get these diagnoseswhere there was no history I
(02:20):
mean, there was no cancerhistory in my family and there
was some major happening withregards to my health and major
hospitalizations.
The doctors never told me Icould have cancer.
I never had this organization,so it was a little too much to
take in.
I was also through a divorce.
(02:41):
That time I separated.
I don't know what what godwants me to be like, fighting me
everywhere and when, especiallygoing through financial issues
and the relationship issue andthe health issue, like what the
damn thing is happening in mylife.
Am I really?
I mean, is my time I?
(03:04):
I obviously thought likeextreme thing that what does god
want for me?
All these questions starts tocome up.
Why me, why me?
It was very a lot to take, butyou know you have to go through
the things like you have to goto the doctors and I was alone,
I was, my parents were here inindia, india, and I was in India
.
That time you have to go to thedoctors and the doctors tell
(03:29):
you the usual thing chemo,radiation.
You have to go through thetreatment and all they talk is
treatment, treatment, treatment.
But if they never talk, how didyou get there?
What is the root cause?
I was more interested in why didmy body get cancer in the first
(03:49):
place?
You have to, I had to really.
Now there's a lot ofinformation podcast and Google
can show you so many things.
But back then I didn't havevery few people who were opening
up or few groups where theywere all talking about
holistically and things.
I was more interested in allthat Because when you go to the
(04:13):
hospital, you know, when you seethe scene in the oncologist's
office, you see the people there.
First of all, they're so sad oras if there's no life in them
and I didn't need to sit there.
I used to get like likeoverwhelmed by seeing what's
going on the hospitals, likeeven if I go through this, I
(04:34):
don't want to come back againand again.
So my journey actually it was avery I was anxious about things
that okay, I have to go throughchemo, my hair will go and my
skin I look a certain waybecause you look into the
magazine, you look at thearticles and look at the movies
(04:55):
people going through cancer andit's so miserable so that movie
was playing in my mind again andagain.
Then Then I started talking tomore and more people about.
You know why did I?
I was diagnosed with Hodgkin'slymphoma, which is a mutable
cancer.
I didn't know what a mutablecancer back then.
What the hell is this?
(05:16):
But then, researching andtaking responsibility in my
hands, I understood that canceractually doesn't happen in a
second.
It takes almost a decade, ormore than a decade, for your
body to come to a stage wherethe tumor is dead.
And I was all my questions withthe doctor why wasn't I told
(05:39):
about this?
Why was I not?
What makes your immune systemwork so that it doesn't kill
cancer.
Every day in our lives wedevelop cancers, our body
develops and it kills thecancers.
So what was my?
Why?
Was my body not capable enough?
That was my question and thatit that actually is very you
(06:04):
know, the root cause wasinflammation then.
Then why inflammation?
Because I was.
I always had underlying issues,certain health issues which was
like very, with the doctor saidit's like minuscule, but
actually everything comestogether together.
So gut issues I've had.
I've had severe acne, hormonalissues like pcov and uh, I'd had
(06:30):
anxiety issues.
I've had issues with nausea andnausea, acidity plus, um, a lot
of I was always blocked with mynose.
I always was, you know, like I,as if some my sinus.
(06:51):
So I also have taken certainheavy medications because of
that.
So these were certain issuesalready going on.
And when you go to the doctor,all they give you the pill and
that's.
They never change anythingabout your lifestyle or anything
.
And for me, lifestyle was what?
Lifestyle was looking good,that's it going to the gym, it's
(07:12):
looking physically very goodand fit, but nobody was talking
about mental health.
You know how stress can actuallytrigger cancer cells and
trigger inflammation.
So for me it was like aneye-opener or like, yes, I was
looking stressed because of therelationship, because two prior
to two years of getting cancer Iwas going to extreme stress
(07:35):
which I didn't realize that I.
I was really depressed.
I so not sleeping well twoyears because of all these
things going on in my life.
And I I had my vitamin d levelslike strikingly and when I
(07:56):
looked at the other parametersthey were also very low and
heavy metals in my body andstuff and I was like why am I?
My normal doctors do not tellme, ask me to do a test and it
still persists today, doctors,until unless you ask for taking
(08:17):
vitamin b panel.
Nobody will do it.
So I, you know, I had like,okay, you know what doctors will
do whatever they want.
I have to integrate all theseholistic modalities and
functional modalities into mylife because it's my life, not
the doctors will tell you okay,just go away after the treatment
(08:37):
.
But it was also for me to nothave a relapse again because,
again, when you look, I clearlyremember those stories in the
hospital when women were takingsecond time treatment and third
time line of treatment becausethe cancer was coming back and
(08:58):
all I asked most of the people,what did you do after cancer?
And they said nothing, thedoctor didn't advise and they
were taking, eating allprocessed foods while taking
treatment.
It something didn't seem right.
So of course, I went to a lotof people like I worked with a
(09:18):
nutritionist, I worked withsomeone to take care of my
mental health, I worked with somany natural healers and
practitioners, naturopaths, soall of these together made me so
much resilient and strong thatin four kins the cancer was
absolutely gone.
And I wondered and I startedfeeling light and I started
(09:42):
feeling positive and I startedfeeling so amazing in my body.
I started working again and Istarted feeling positive and I
started feeling so amazing in mybody.
I started working again and Iwas just like on top of my you
know.
So I started in corporate yogaand breathfulness and
mindfulness techniques.
So my mind was calmed down andI was.
I had such a great intuition andI told my doctors listen, now I
(10:06):
think I told the doctors I wantto get a scan done.
Usually the scans get doneafter the six chemos, but I
don't know.
I got this intuition.
I told the doctors I think Iwant to get the scans and the
scans actually in 14 most suretime cancer and I never took
radiation.
I told the doctor thatsomething happens.
(10:27):
I am going to come back to you,but I need to do this my way
and I took a break.
I actually changed the city andone year I worked on myself on
detoxing my body, my reallyworked on my mindset, work on my
body, and since then I thinkI'm eight years cancer free and
(10:50):
never went to the doctors againand I'm pretty much in good
shape.
I think I'm the best shape ofmy life in my 40s, then in my
30s of 20s.
I feel great.
I'm helping people.
There's a purpose in my life.
I'm so blessed.
Shruti Sethi (11:10):
So you've told us a lot already about your life
story.
Before we get into some more,will you join me in a mindful
moment so we can groundourselves in our breath?
Speaker 3 (11:20):
Absolutely.
Shruti Sethi (11:20):
I would love that.
Okay, and for the listeners, asyou always hear, safety first.
So please don't close your eyesif you're driving or need your
visual, yet the other promptsyou can follow through.
So, shruti, if you feelcomfortable in your seating and
if it's safe to do so, gentlyclose your eyes and you're going
(11:41):
to begin breathing in and outthrough your nose, bringing your
awareness to watching yourbreath, not controlling it, just
letting it have its own naturalrhythm, allowing it to guide
you in the body.
There may be sensations orfeelings coming up, and that's
(12:04):
okay.
Let them come up.
You're safe to feel.
You're safe to let go.
Surrender the need to control,release the need to resist and
just be, be with your breath,drop deeper into your body.
Be with your breath, dropdeeper into your body.
(12:28):
Now there may be some thoughtsor to-do lists that may have
popped up in your mind, andthat's okay.
That means the mind's working.
Yet bring the awareness back toyour breath, creating space
between the awareness and thethoughts and dropping even
(12:49):
deeper into the body, being inthe space of being.
Again, more thoughts may havepopped up.
Gently, bring your awarenessback to your breath, creating
even more space between theawareness and the thoughts and
completely dropping into thebody, into presence, into being.
(13:17):
You may have noticed the rhythmof your breath has changed.
It's just about being nowcoming back into your senses,
(13:44):
into the present moment, at yourown time and at your own pace.
You're going to gently openyour eyes while staying with
your breath.
How's your heart doing?
Speaker 3 (13:58):
It's so calming and so beautiful exercise.
I always love grounding.
Shruti Sethi (14:07):
Now I have a question what did cancer teach
you about love loving your body,loving your breath, loving life
?
Speaker 3 (14:18):
Yeah, actually, you know, I feel that it.
First of of all, it gave mespace to think, because I was
just going through life as ifit's always about achievements,
always about achieving this orthinking about future how am I
going to spend, spend this, andhow am I going to spend, spend
(14:39):
this?
How am I going to acquire thismuch amount of wealth, name,
fame, everything because I wasnever living in the moment, was
always either thinking about thepast or the future.
So it was like, you know, as ifgod is telling me take a break
from everything, just relax.
(15:00):
And I it was very anxious forme at those times.
I didn't have anything to do.
All I had to do stuff, becauseyour body needs rest, and for
for a couple of days I was notable to.
You know, I was as if likesomebody put me in this in a box
(15:21):
, locked it and I don't haveanything to do.
But then, you know, that's howbreath, work and yoga and doing
small little things for myselfhelped me.
It didn't change me all of asudden, but it took some time
and I realized that, oh my god,I do not love myself.
(15:45):
All I am doing is either to dosomething to please someone or
validate something, but whatabout my own feeling?
What about what I like to dowhen I am with myself?
I don't enjoy my company everand when, with cancer, when I
(16:07):
was with myself, I realized, ohmy god, I'm not enjoying what's
happening like I'm not myselfwith myself, and then it struck
me that I do not love myselfanymore, and that was something
that was because you know all myrelationships.
Uh, if I talk about my romanticrelationships, if I talk about
(16:29):
all these aspects ofrelationship, it was always
about the other person.
I had to give and give and thenI obviously there's a give and
take, but I never thought aboutmy own feelings, and that's how
sometimes I've gone through alot of views and stuff and still
(16:52):
I was.
I thought maybe there'ssomething wrong with me.
So during that period it was socrucial for me to to give that
love to myself and I realizedself-love is so, so, so
important before even gettinginto any other relationship or
(17:13):
getting into other stuff.
Understanding, I know it led alot of people in my life that
time, but I would say somepeople who I thought I had given
a lot of time, effort andenergy with them.
They actually disappeared frommy life.
That was a very like.
It gave me such an.
(17:35):
Obviously it gave me pinchesand it was painful, but to let
go of it.
But then I realized that peoplewho really like you and love
you will never leave you, nomatter what, whatever you're
going through.
And people who are justtemporary they're just there for
a season and for a reason.
(17:56):
That's because you have tolearn certain lessons.
You have to teach them certainlessons.
So you have to let go and youdon't have to ask them to like
you know, I'm always like goingup behind them and asking them
are you okay or something'sgoing wrong with you?
Why are you talking to me?
I always wanted that attention.
(18:17):
That also slowly shifted awayand I realized that my this is I
have to work on myself andthat's why I took that one year
break to realize my what is thatI need, what are my priorities
and how can I give that love tomyself which I was actually
actually giving to others before.
(18:38):
So that was very importantlesson I feel working with love
is for me is something.
First I need to give it tomyself before sharing it with
any other human being, because Ifeel when you love yourself,
you can equally love the otherperson.
(18:59):
I think more than that.
But you also have yourboundaries.
Exactly I want to ask.
Shruti Sethi (19:08):
Oh, do you hear that feedback?
No, there was a bit of feedback.
I was hearing myself.
Sorry, I was hearing myself.
I want to ask when was themoment that you discovered
healing wasn't about justsurviving cancer.
It was about returning home toyourself.
Speaker 3 (19:28):
It took me some time because initially you are swayed
by information about treatmentsand you know the physical
aspect of it treatments and youknow the physical aspect of it.
But when you sit and realizeyou know certainly all of these
things are happening and whenyou, when I started reading
(19:48):
books, especially book you canheal your life by losing, that
actually really gave me such animportant aspect about emotions
and how your childhoodinfluences your values in your
adulthood.
(20:09):
So I was like, oh my god, I hadto go back to my childhood to
understand what had happened tome as as, as a little girl, and
where are my values coming from?
And how did I have theselimited beliefs about myself?
I've always had limited beliefson on and always have these
(20:31):
people pleasing quality, whichwas actually a birth from my
childhood which I realized.
And then it's funny, we are nottaught this in school about how
to develop these life skillsand very later in life some
people don't even realize.
But cancer actually gave methat platform.
(20:52):
I would say I'm so grateful forcancer because I realized
anything which I would haverealized later in my age.
I I'm a very different personnow and like, of course,
coaching people and stuff.
But if I always said like, ifyou could understand the reason
life is happening for you andnot to you, you can take away
(21:17):
very important lessons and youcan transform yourself so easily
.
So that's something which waslike when I started accepting
that life is happening for me.
There's a reason behind thatcancer is happening.
What is the reason?
Just because we always wantinstant gratification.
(21:38):
I want to know now.
I want to know now, like I waslike I want to know now what's
happening.
That never.
You can never get certainanswers all of a sudden, but
there's a process.
When you go through the processyou will understand.
Now I know why I had cancer andwhat was the reason behind it,
(21:59):
but that there are certainprocesses and when you go
through those processes they'repainful, yes, but they are like.
For me, pain is, uh, nothingmore than you know incoming
blessings they are, they are aprocess of coming incoming
blessings.
So when you go through thatprocess and I had to go through
(22:19):
that process when you realizethat cancer journey, that when I
was sitting with, uh, with withone of the homeopath doctors
and all he did was, beforegiving me any medication or
before answers, before even Iwanted to ask him certain
questions, all he did was heshut me in a room with a camera
in my face and he asked mecertain questions about my
(22:42):
personal life and he gave methat space that I could cry out,
cry out all my stuck emotions,and I felt so light up, so so
light.
Then he told me something veryimportant that now you can
journey starts, now you'llbecome cancer free.
(23:05):
And those words that was in themiddle of my treatment.
How can he tell me, like, why?
And then after a few days Irealized that impact of getting
rid of those stuck emotions andgetting rid of that anger, that
(23:28):
fear in me.
It created space in my body andin my mind.
So it's very important to alsolet go of your emotions and the
fear and the anger and thefrustration.
Sometimes you don't know how to,but that's how you need help of
(23:48):
people, coaches orpractitioners, and it makes your
life easier, like it made mylife easier when I started
working with differentmodalities.
You have to understand what,what suits you.
So for me it was all of these.
Mindfulness, yoga andmeditation.
(24:10):
Changing completely, going wholeplant-based also gave me um of
a lot of you know, I I startedfeeling very light in my body
first of all, and I startedfeeling, you know, like this
anxiety was gone in my body.
I didn't have any, I was calmeddown, it was very calm and I
(24:31):
feel that what you become, whatyou eat, you know the first
thing is to change the nutrition, because it's very important to
each morphine of food which youtake in becomes your cell, goes
to the cellular, comes yourmitochondria.
So I was very careful in inthat and I I started getting an
(24:55):
insight of what it is doing tomy body.
Now, all of these things Iwould say you know, slowly and
gradually, I mean all of asudden, you don't realize, but
during the process I realizedthat, yes, I have come to myself
and I I started getting moreintuitive about my body and
myself and because I was, I it'sI was slowing down, really
(25:20):
living in that moment I got it.
Otherwise, if you're justliving a fast-paced life and
always in that fight-and-flightmode, I don't think I would have
come to myself and realized allthese certain things.
Shruti Sethi (25:38):
So you've worked with a lot of people that have
chronic illness.
Yes, what's the one emotionalor energetic pattern that you
see, um those struggle with, andwhat is the shift that finally
opens the door for them to enterinto the healing?
Speaker 3 (26:00):
yeah.
So generally I would say, if Ihave to talk about, I work with
a lot of breast cancer andovarian cancer patients and one
question when I ask them is whatwere you doing two years or
three years prior?
Most of the women have sufferedwith low self-esteem.
(26:21):
They had terrible relationshipswith, like romantic
relationships or relationshiptheir parents has been in
strange and they're they'realways.
The self-love for themselves isvery, very low because of
(26:42):
self-esteem.
They've always been so caringand over givers that they didn't
realize.
Like I've had a woman whoactually knew she had a tumor
when she was in America but shenever told because of COVID and
because she thought that itwould be too much for her family
to handle and then it delayeddoctors to find and then it
(27:06):
became stage four.
So I feel, uh, when we talk tothem and then make them realize
that you've always been in thisgiving modality, now you forgive
yourself, work on yourself.
It doesn't mean that you justshut off everything and you
don't whatever you've been doing, but just take some, some hours
(27:29):
for the for in a day foryourself and your own healing,
do things which you like andwork on your mindset like
feeling validated only becausesomebody you give or somebody
does for you is something is not, uh, actual self-love.
So it's also not going to justgoing to a parlor and getting
(27:52):
your deals done.
It's like how are you enjoyingyour company and how are you
when you're walking, how are youfeeling?
So that actually made a lot ofsense to a lot of women.
So I'm working with someone whogot a relapse of ovarian.
She's very young and when Italked to her she's she's coming
(28:13):
from a very great, good familyand everything which two
beautiful daughters.
And when I started working onher mental health.
So one question which I askedwhat do you see yourself in the
next few years?
And then she told me I've neverthought about this because all
she has thought about herhusband, daughters.
(28:35):
So she doesn't know where shewants to stand in the next few
years in her life.
So I've I've also done thisexercise with myself when I was
going through cancer, likevisualization how do I see
myself in the next five years?
And those answers didn't comeon all of a sudden, but I saw
(28:55):
myself helping others.
I don't know in what I wantedto help when I really told like
I will.
I have always had conversationswith god or you know you're in
higher energy, higher power,whatever with myself, that god,
if I get well, I'm definitelygoing to go out and help someone
(29:15):
with this information I havegathered because it took a lot
of patience, a lot of troublesfor me to go out and talk to
people, in spite of all all thethings I was going through, and
it just happened veryorganically for me.
You know, those seeds weresoaked in in of me helping
(29:35):
others and automatically thedoors opened for me.
So I always tell women thathave that.
You know that because cancergives you uncertainty, you know,
find those certain moments inyour day like I loved.
I started my journey ofmeditation during cancer
(29:56):
visualization and those were myreally happy moments because I
saw myself doing like travelingor going to places, walking on
the beach.
It really made a difference.
Uh, gave me happiness and whenyou come into that vibration of
(30:16):
happiness in a few moments itchanges.
It changes a lot of things itdoes, it does.
Shruti Sethi (30:24):
You wrote a book called the healing power within,
or the yeah, the healing powerwithin.
You emphasize tuning into thebody for someone feeling
overwhelmed or disconnected.
What's the very first step?
To begin with?
Speaker 3 (30:41):
You know what grounding exercise we did right
now, I think it's the best wayto understand that, because a
lot of people, I ask them, youcan't even sit still Right and
when you work with your breath,like you said, you don't just
work with your breath, let thethoughts come in, do not really
(31:03):
push your thoughts away.
I think that for me also, thatchanged because I was, I was
never into yoga.
I was always going to the gymor doing things because I felt I
just can't remain in this oneposture for a long.
It's made me very uh, since Ihad anxiety.
It made me more anxious, so Idon't can.
So then I, I I'm like, then Itell them, or then I ask people
(31:28):
to just first connect with yourbreath, because most I'll tell
you, 80 to 90 percent of thepeople are not even breathing
correctly.
Right, because I take the yogasessions and meditation sessions
and I check how they'rebreathing.
They're not even breathingcorrectly.
So, and I was not breathingcorrectly with my yoga teacher
(31:49):
actually corrected me.
So first thing is to connectwith your breath, really connect
with the breath.
That's the first thing whichyou could do, and the second
thing I feel which people couldalso do is just listen to any
some sort of a mantra or just toOM, because OM is a universal
(32:12):
sound that connects you, thatconnects you to higher power,
that connects you to balances,all your chakras, the seven
energy centers.
It's very simple you can justplug in on youtube, start that,
start humming it together.
That will also make a bigenergy shift in your mind and
(32:33):
body.
I think these two simple things, if anybody's tried that, that
would be the first step theycould do towards connection now,
what would your past self sayto you right now?
Shruti Sethi (32:52):
oh, I love this question.
Speaker 3 (32:56):
Uh, my past self would say I'm pretty proud of
you.
I'm very, very proud of you.
Look what you've achieved, lookwhere you were, and now you are
helping others and living sucha satisfactory life.
I wish I was that you which youare right now.
(33:18):
I could have done one more, butit's okay.
I think the past, I wouldembrace my past and the present
as well, because if I was notthat person, I would have not
overcome the things, and youknow that that whole journey was
so beautiful, as a I would saycaterpillar to becoming that
(33:38):
butterfly.
Yeah, and people are afraid oftaking pain, people are afraid
of failures.
I would say that's such a youknow when, when you go back in
your life and you say youovercome such immense things and
pain and failures in your life,that's something which is,
(33:59):
which is a story to remember,not like your achievements or
your wealth or even that willnot give you that much
satisfaction.
You know this.
Uh, I remember when I was in thehospital towards talking to
cancer patients who were givenno time and they were all
talking.
They never talked about theirchildren, they never talked how
(34:21):
much wealth I have.
All they said that I wish I hadstarted earlier, and that's
something which really stayed inmy heart.
When I work with people who arein their 70s, who are in their
late 60s, 70s, 80s, I see themistakes they had done and
they're not taking care of theirhealth and their mind.
(34:43):
It's like a waking call for metoo.
It gives me energy to pushmyself, push my boundaries and
work more towards my well-being.
Shruti Sethi (34:58):
Now what would your future say?
Future self tell you about fear, oh wow future self I said.
Speaker 3 (35:10):
I think my future self said there's no point in
fear.
Fear is just a very, very, it'sjust in your mind and you have
that strength and capability toovercome anything, and fear is a
(35:36):
very artificial thing which ismore, which is given more by
your family or friends, becausethey don't know about your
journey, so just don't talk tothem about it or just don't
listen to them.
You have everything andanything.
(35:58):
If you want, you can achievecertain things.
So don't let fear come on yourway to any, to your success and
I've done this before in my uh,and you've done this in your
past as well, because youthought that this will fear you
out and you overcame that andhence you can do anything.
(36:20):
So don't let fear come in yourway of achieving things.
Shruti Sethi (36:27):
Now I know many of the listeners have heard a lot,
so are you able to let themknow where they can find you and
what you have to offer, andeven with the book?
Speaker 3 (36:37):
Absolutely so.
My book is available on Amazon.
It's called the Healing Powerwithin, by shruti seti, and I am
.
My website is called avanahealth.
It's a w a a n a h e l t h dotcom.
I am on all social medias oninstagram, facebook, anybody who
wants to contact me.
I do personal transformationsessions.
(36:58):
I also have a group ofcommunity where we do free
sessions, especially with cancerpatients.
We meditate together.
We have these beautifulwebinars on different topics.
So whoever wants to join mycommunity, please find me on
Instagram, ping me, give me ashout out and I definitely will
(37:22):
get back to you.
Shruti Sethi (37:24):
Now, what's one intention?
You'd like to leave a listenerthat's listening in right now.
Speaker 3 (37:32):
My main intention and I would say you know I really
want to reach out to one, twomillion people and help them
remain cancer free and tell themthat you know cancer can be.
90 of the cancer can beprevented.
It's just that you have to doconsistent steps towards it.
And if you are, because youknow it's not always easy to go
(37:57):
through that journey you you'veseen it with your friend.
It takes a lot of courage,takes a lot of and sometimes
it's very difficult for certaintypes of cancer to reverse it.
So why wait for cancer to happen?
It's, it's a.
It's not a disease.
It's not a happy disease.
To have any disease will matter, but this one is like it will.
(38:19):
It will burn your pockets, itwill burn.
It will also affect yourfriends, family.
So and remember and alwaysunderstand that you know your
dna changes a lot of changes.
What are we leaving behind forour future generations?
It's been said that in 2050,one in 5 persons is going to get
(38:41):
cancer again.
So the gravity is huge.
It is getting worse and worse.
Younger people are gettingcancer and you lose a lot of
time and effort and energy.
So why not do these simplethings for prevention every day
of our lives and live a littlemore conscious life so that we
(39:03):
remain that matter, so that I myintention is only to help
people in and inform that thatcancer can be prevented.
And please look into yourlifestyle.
I have a thorough checkup donetwice a year and always
understand what's going on andin tune with yourself and your
(39:26):
body.
Shruti Sethi (39:30):
I want to thank you for doing the alchemy in
your life.
You've taken impurities andyou've turned them into gold,
yet you didn't keep the gold foryourself.
You're sharing it with othersby, you know, offering services
and education and holding spacefor others, so I really want to
thank you for the light thatyou're shining in the world.
(39:50):
It's really has been a pleasureto be in your space and hear
your story thank you so much,natalie.
Speaker 3 (39:58):
It means a lot and thank you so much for doing
these podcasts.
And they say you're one of thepeople like you help us to share
a story with our, yourlisteners.
Anybody who's going throughcancer or anybody is going to
certain diseases.
If they take one or two thingsfrom that, they can totally
(40:18):
change.
So thank you for really doingthis and being a light worker in
this dark world.
Shruti Sethi (40:28):
You're welcome.
Please remember to be kind toyourself Absolutely.
Hey, you made it all the wayhere.
I appreciate you and your time.
If you found value in thisconversation, please share it
out.
If there was somebody thatpopped into your mind, take
action and share it out withthem it possibly may not be them
(40:51):
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So please take action and shareout the podcast.
Shruti Sethi (41:01):
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NatNat (41:21):
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Shruti Sethi (00:36):
Welcome to the Lift One Self podcast.
I'm your host, nat Nat, andtoday I have a special guest and
I hope I say her name properlyShruti, and we're going to get
into the conversation of cancerand she's going to speak about
her own journey and I'm going topose some questions also
because many of you know, I justcame out of a two year journey
(00:59):
of supporting Natalie in hercancer journey and she
transitioned on November 27th.
So I'm interested in hearingyou know the experience that
Shruti has gone through and whatshe's bringing forth for other
people that are going throughtheir journey and experience of
life.
So, shruti, could you explainyourself to the listeners and
(01:24):
introduce a little bit of whoyou are, your experience and we
can go from there.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
Yes, natalie, thank you so much.
First of all, pray for yourfriend.
I'm sure she is at a betterplace and much more feeds me now
.
So my journey I'm Shruti Sethiand my journey.
I'm hi.
I'm shruti seti and my journeystarts.
I would say I've gotten a newbirth on in to the end the year
2016, when I actually gotdiagnosed with cancer.
(01:55):
Of course, my world flippedupside down.
It was absolutely devastatingnews at the age of 34, where you
know when you're really focusedon the career and I was
actually a fashion designer backthen.
I had my own label, I was doingmy own things and all of a
sudden, you get these diagnoseswhere there was no history I
(02:20):
mean, there was no cancerhistory in my family and there
was some major happening withregards to my health and major
hospitalizations.
The doctors never told me Icould have cancer.
I never had this organization,so it was a little too much to
take in.
I was also through a divorce.
(02:41):
That time I separated.
I don't know what what godwants me to be like, fighting me
everywhere and when, especiallygoing through financial issues
and the relationship issue andthe health issue, like what the
damn thing is happening in mylife.
Am I really?
I mean, is my time I?
(03:04):
I obviously thought likeextreme thing that what does god
want for me?
All these questions starts tocome up.
Why me, why me?
It was very a lot to take, butyou know you have to go through
the things like you have to goto the doctors and I was alone,
I was, my parents were here inindia, india, and I was in India
.
That time you have to go to thedoctors and the doctors tell
(03:29):
you the usual thing chemo,radiation.
You have to go through thetreatment and all they talk is
treatment, treatment, treatment.
But if they never talk, how didyou get there?
What is the root cause?
I was more interested in why didmy body get cancer in the first
(03:49):
place?
You have to, I had to really.
Now there's a lot ofinformation podcast and Google
can show you so many things.
But back then I didn't havevery few people who were opening
up or few groups where theywere all talking about
holistically and things.
I was more interested in allthat Because when you go to the
(04:13):
hospital, you know, when you seethe scene in the oncologist's
office, you see the people there.
First of all, they're so sad oras if there's no life in them
and I didn't need to sit there.
I used to get like likeoverwhelmed by seeing what's
going on the hospitals, likeeven if I go through this, I
(04:34):
don't want to come back againand again.
So my journey actually it was avery I was anxious about things
that okay, I have to go throughchemo, my hair will go and my
skin I look a certain waybecause you look into the
magazine, you look at thearticles and look at the movies
(04:55):
people going through cancer andit's so miserable so that movie
was playing in my mind again andagain.
Then Then I started talking tomore and more people about.
You know why did I?
I was diagnosed with Hodgkin'slymphoma, which is a mutable
cancer.
I didn't know what a mutablecancer back then.
What the hell is this?
(05:16):
But then, researching andtaking responsibility in my
hands, I understood that canceractually doesn't happen in a
second.
It takes almost a decade, ormore than a decade, for your
body to come to a stage wherethe tumor is dead.
And I was all my questions withthe doctor why wasn't I told
(05:39):
about this?
Why was I not?
What makes your immune systemwork so that it doesn't kill
cancer.
Every day in our lives wedevelop cancers, our body
develops and it kills thecancers.
So what was my?
Why?
Was my body not capable enough?
That was my question and thatit that actually is very you
(06:04):
know, the root cause wasinflammation then.
Then why inflammation?
Because I was.
I always had underlying issues,certain health issues which was
like very, with the doctor saidit's like minuscule, but
actually everything comestogether together.
So gut issues I've had.
I've had severe acne, hormonalissues like pcov and uh, I'd had
(06:30):
anxiety issues.
I've had issues with nausea andnausea, acidity plus, um, a lot
of I was always blocked with mynose.
I always was, you know, like I,as if some my sinus.
(06:51):
So I also have taken certainheavy medications because of
that.
So these were certain issuesalready going on.
And when you go to the doctor,all they give you the pill and
that's.
They never change anythingabout your lifestyle or anything
.
And for me, lifestyle was what?
Lifestyle was looking good,that's it going to the gym, it's
(07:12):
looking physically very goodand fit, but nobody was talking
about mental health.
You know how stress can actuallytrigger cancer cells and
trigger inflammation.
So for me it was like aneye-opener or like, yes, I was
looking stressed because of therelationship, because two prior
to two years of getting cancer Iwas going to extreme stress
(07:35):
which I didn't realize that I.
I was really depressed.
I so not sleeping well twoyears because of all these
things going on in my life.
And I I had my vitamin d levelslike strikingly and when I
(07:56):
looked at the other parametersthey were also very low and
heavy metals in my body andstuff and I was like why am I?
My normal doctors do not tellme, ask me to do a test and it
still persists today, doctors,until unless you ask for taking
(08:17):
vitamin b panel.
Nobody will do it.
So I, you know, I had like,okay, you know what doctors will
do whatever they want.
I have to integrate all theseholistic modalities and
functional modalities into mylife because it's my life, not
the doctors will tell you okay,just go away after the treatment
(08:37):
.
But it was also for me to nothave a relapse again because,
again, when you look, I clearlyremember those stories in the
hospital when women were takingsecond time treatment and third
time line of treatment becausethe cancer was coming back and
(08:58):
all I asked most of the people,what did you do after cancer?
And they said nothing, thedoctor didn't advise and they
were taking, eating allprocessed foods while taking
treatment.
It something didn't seem right.
So of course, I went to a lotof people like I worked with a
(09:18):
nutritionist, I worked withsomeone to take care of my
mental health, I worked with somany natural healers and
practitioners, naturopaths, soall of these together made me so
much resilient and strong thatin four kins the cancer was
absolutely gone.
And I wondered and I startedfeeling light and I started
(09:42):
feeling positive and I startedfeeling so amazing in my body.
I started working again and Istarted feeling positive and I
started feeling so amazing in mybody.
I started working again and Iwas just like on top of my you
know.
So I started in corporate yogaand breathfulness and
mindfulness techniques.
So my mind was calmed down andI was.
I had such a great intuition andI told my doctors listen, now I
(10:06):
think I told the doctors I wantto get a scan done.
Usually the scans get doneafter the six chemos, but I
don't know.
I got this intuition.
I told the doctors I think Iwant to get the scans and the
scans actually in 14 most suretime cancer and I never took
radiation.
I told the doctor thatsomething happens.
(10:27):
I am going to come back to you,but I need to do this my way
and I took a break.
I actually changed the city andone year I worked on myself on
detoxing my body, my reallyworked on my mindset, work on my
body, and since then I thinkI'm eight years cancer free and
(10:50):
never went to the doctors againand I'm pretty much in good
shape.
I think I'm the best shape ofmy life in my 40s, then in my
30s of 20s.
I feel great.
I'm helping people.
There's a purpose in my life.
I'm so blessed.
Shruti Sethi (11:10):
So you've told us a lot already about your life
story.
Before we get into some more,will you join me in a mindful
moment so we can groundourselves in our breath?
Speaker 3 (11:20):
Absolutely.
Shruti Sethi (11:20):
I would love that.
Okay, and for the listeners, asyou always hear, safety first.
So please don't close your eyesif you're driving or need your
visual, yet the other promptsyou can follow through.
So, shruti, if you feelcomfortable in your seating and
if it's safe to do so, gentlyclose your eyes and you're going
(11:41):
to begin breathing in and outthrough your nose, bringing your
awareness to watching yourbreath, not controlling it, just
letting it have its own naturalrhythm, allowing it to guide
you in the body.
There may be sensations orfeelings coming up, and that's
(12:04):
okay.
Let them come up.
You're safe to feel.
You're safe to let go.
Surrender the need to control,release the need to resist and
just be, be with your breath,drop deeper into your body.
Be with your breath, dropdeeper into your body.
(12:28):
Now there may be some thoughtsor to-do lists that may have
popped up in your mind, andthat's okay.
That means the mind's working.
Yet bring the awareness back toyour breath, creating space
between the awareness and thethoughts and dropping even
(12:49):
deeper into the body, being inthe space of being.
Again, more thoughts may havepopped up.
Gently, bring your awarenessback to your breath, creating
even more space between theawareness and the thoughts and
completely dropping into thebody, into presence, into being.
(13:17):
You may have noticed the rhythmof your breath has changed.
It's just about being nowcoming back into your senses,
(13:44):
into the present moment, at yourown time and at your own pace.
You're going to gently openyour eyes while staying with
your breath.
How's your heart doing?
Speaker 3 (13:58):
It's so calming and so beautiful exercise.
I always love grounding.
Shruti Sethi (14:07):
Now I have a question what did cancer teach
you about love loving your body,loving your breath, loving life
?
Speaker 3 (14:18):
Yeah, actually, you know, I feel that it.
First of of all, it gave mespace to think, because I was
just going through life as ifit's always about achievements,
always about achieving this orthinking about future how am I
going to spend, spend this, andhow am I going to spend, spend
(14:39):
this?
How am I going to acquire thismuch amount of wealth, name,
fame, everything because I wasnever living in the moment, was
always either thinking about thepast or the future.
So it was like, you know, as ifgod is telling me take a break
from everything, just relax.
(15:00):
And I it was very anxious forme at those times.
I didn't have anything to do.
All I had to do stuff, becauseyour body needs rest, and for
for a couple of days I was notable to.
You know, I was as if likesomebody put me in this in a box
(15:21):
, locked it and I don't haveanything to do.
But then, you know, that's howbreath, work and yoga and doing
small little things for myselfhelped me.
It didn't change me all of asudden, but it took some time
and I realized that, oh my god,I do not love myself.
(15:45):
All I am doing is either to dosomething to please someone or
validate something, but whatabout my own feeling?
What about what I like to dowhen I am with myself?
I don't enjoy my company everand when, with cancer, when I
(16:07):
was with myself, I realized, ohmy god, I'm not enjoying what's
happening like I'm not myselfwith myself, and then it struck
me that I do not love myselfanymore, and that was something
that was because you know all myrelationships.
Uh, if I talk about my romanticrelationships, if I talk about
(16:29):
all these aspects ofrelationship, it was always
about the other person.
I had to give and give and thenI obviously there's a give and
take, but I never thought aboutmy own feelings, and that's how
sometimes I've gone through alot of views and stuff and still
(16:52):
I was.
I thought maybe there'ssomething wrong with me.
So during that period it was socrucial for me to to give that
love to myself and I realizedself-love is so, so, so
important before even gettinginto any other relationship or
(17:13):
getting into other stuff.
Understanding, I know it led alot of people in my life that
time, but I would say somepeople who I thought I had given
a lot of time, effort andenergy with them.
They actually disappeared frommy life.
That was a very like.
It gave me such an.
(17:35):
Obviously it gave me pinchesand it was painful, but to let
go of it.
But then I realized that peoplewho really like you and love
you will never leave you, nomatter what, whatever you're
going through.
And people who are justtemporary they're just there for
a season and for a reason.
(17:56):
That's because you have tolearn certain lessons.
You have to teach them certainlessons.
So you have to let go and youdon't have to ask them to like
you know, I'm always like goingup behind them and asking them
are you okay or something'sgoing wrong with you?
Why are you talking to me?
I always wanted that attention.
(18:17):
That also slowly shifted awayand I realized that my this is I
have to work on myself andthat's why I took that one year
break to realize my what is thatI need, what are my priorities
and how can I give that love tomyself which I was actually
actually giving to others before.
(18:38):
So that was very importantlesson I feel working with love
is for me is something.
First I need to give it tomyself before sharing it with
any other human being, because Ifeel when you love yourself,
you can equally love the otherperson.
(18:59):
I think more than that.
But you also have yourboundaries.
Exactly I want to ask.
Shruti Sethi (19:08):
Oh, do you hear that feedback?
No, there was a bit of feedback.
I was hearing myself.
Sorry, I was hearing myself.
I want to ask when was themoment that you discovered
healing wasn't about justsurviving cancer.
It was about returning home toyourself.
Speaker 3 (19:28):
It took me some time because initially you are swayed
by information about treatmentsand you know the physical
aspect of it treatments and youknow the physical aspect of it.
But when you sit and realizeyou know certainly all of these
things are happening and whenyou, when I started reading
(19:48):
books, especially book you canheal your life by losing, that
actually really gave me such animportant aspect about emotions
and how your childhoodinfluences your values in your
adulthood.
(20:09):
So I was like, oh my god, I hadto go back to my childhood to
understand what had happened tome as as, as a little girl, and
where are my values coming from?
And how did I have theselimited beliefs about myself?
I've always had limited beliefson on and always have these
(20:31):
people pleasing quality, whichwas actually a birth from my
childhood which I realized.
And then it's funny, we are nottaught this in school about how
to develop these life skillsand very later in life some
people don't even realize.
But cancer actually gave methat platform.
(20:52):
I would say I'm so grateful forcancer because I realized
anything which I would haverealized later in my age.
I I'm a very different personnow and like, of course,
coaching people and stuff.
But if I always said like, ifyou could understand the reason
life is happening for you andnot to you, you can take away
(21:17):
very important lessons and youcan transform yourself so easily
.
So that's something which waslike when I started accepting
that life is happening for me.
There's a reason behind thatcancer is happening.
What is the reason?
Just because we always wantinstant gratification.
(21:38):
I want to know now.
I want to know now, like I waslike I want to know now what's
happening.
That never.
You can never get certainanswers all of a sudden, but
there's a process.
When you go through the processyou will understand.
Now I know why I had cancer andwhat was the reason behind it,
(21:59):
but that there are certainprocesses and when you go
through those processes they'repainful, yes, but they are like.
For me, pain is, uh, nothingmore than you know incoming
blessings they are, they are aprocess of coming incoming
blessings.
So when you go through thatprocess and I had to go through
(22:19):
that process when you realizethat cancer journey, that when I
was sitting with, uh, with withone of the homeopath doctors
and all he did was, beforegiving me any medication or
before answers, before even Iwanted to ask him certain
questions, all he did was heshut me in a room with a camera
in my face and he asked mecertain questions about my
(22:42):
personal life and he gave methat space that I could cry out,
cry out all my stuck emotions,and I felt so light up, so so
light.
Then he told me something veryimportant that now you can
journey starts, now you'llbecome cancer free.
(23:05):
And those words that was in themiddle of my treatment.
How can he tell me, like, why?
And then after a few days Irealized that impact of getting
rid of those stuck emotions andgetting rid of that anger, that
(23:28):
fear in me.
It created space in my body andin my mind.
So it's very important to alsolet go of your emotions and the
fear and the anger and thefrustration.
Sometimes you don't know how to,but that's how you need help of
(23:48):
people, coaches orpractitioners, and it makes your
life easier, like it made mylife easier when I started
working with differentmodalities.
You have to understand what,what suits you.
So for me it was all of these.
Mindfulness, yoga andmeditation.
(24:10):
Changing completely, going wholeplant-based also gave me um of
a lot of you know, I I startedfeeling very light in my body
first of all, and I startedfeeling, you know, like this
anxiety was gone in my body.
I didn't have any, I was calmeddown, it was very calm and I
(24:31):
feel that what you become, whatyou eat, you know the first
thing is to change the nutrition, because it's very important to
each morphine of food which youtake in becomes your cell, goes
to the cellular, comes yourmitochondria.
So I was very careful in inthat and I I started getting an
(24:55):
insight of what it is doing tomy body.
Now, all of these things Iwould say you know, slowly and
gradually, I mean all of asudden, you don't realize, but
during the process I realizedthat, yes, I have come to myself
and I I started getting moreintuitive about my body and
myself and because I was, I it'sI was slowing down, really
(25:20):
living in that moment I got it.
Otherwise, if you're justliving a fast-paced life and
always in that fight-and-flightmode, I don't think I would have
come to myself and realized allthese certain things.
Shruti Sethi (25:38):
So you've worked with a lot of people that have
chronic illness.
Yes, what's the one emotionalor energetic pattern that you
see, um those struggle with, andwhat is the shift that finally
opens the door for them to enterinto the healing?
Speaker 3 (26:00):
yeah.
So generally I would say, if Ihave to talk about, I work with
a lot of breast cancer andovarian cancer patients and one
question when I ask them is whatwere you doing two years or
three years prior?
Most of the women have sufferedwith low self-esteem.
(26:21):
They had terrible relationshipswith, like romantic
relationships or relationshiptheir parents has been in
strange and they're they'realways.
The self-love for themselves isvery, very low because of
(26:42):
self-esteem.
They've always been so caringand over givers that they didn't
realize.
Like I've had a woman whoactually knew she had a tumor
when she was in America but shenever told because of COVID and
because she thought that itwould be too much for her family
to handle and then it delayeddoctors to find and then it
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became stage four.
So I feel, uh, when we talk tothem and then make them realize
that you've always been in thisgiving modality, now you forgive
yourself, work on yourself.
It doesn't mean that you justshut off everything and you
don't whatever you've been doing, but just take some, some hours
(27:29):
for the for in a day foryourself and your own healing,
do things which you like andwork on your mindset like
feeling validated only becausesomebody you give or somebody
does for you is something is not, uh, actual self-love.
So it's also not going to justgoing to a parlor and getting
(27:52):
your deals done.
It's like how are you enjoyingyour company and how are you
when you're walking, how are youfeeling?
So that actually made a lot ofsense to a lot of women.
So I'm working with someone whogot a relapse of ovarian.
She's very young and when Italked to her she's she's coming
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from a very great, good familyand everything which two
beautiful daughters.
And when I started working onher mental health.
So one question which I askedwhat do you see yourself in the
next few years?
And then she told me I've neverthought about this because all
she has thought about herhusband, daughters.
(28:35):
So she doesn't know where shewants to stand in the next few
years in her life.
So I've I've also done thisexercise with myself when I was
going through cancer, likevisualization how do I see
myself in the next five years?
And those answers didn't comeon all of a sudden, but I saw
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myself helping others.
I don't know in what I wantedto help when I really told like
I will.
I have always had conversationswith god or you know you're in
higher energy, higher power,whatever with myself, that god,
if I get well, I'm definitelygoing to go out and help someone
(29:15):
with this information I havegathered because it took a lot
of patience, a lot of troublesfor me to go out and talk to
people, in spite of all all thethings I was going through, and
it just happened veryorganically for me.
You know, those seeds weresoaked in in of me helping
(29:35):
others and automatically thedoors opened for me.
So I always tell women thathave that.
You know that because cancergives you uncertainty, you know,
find those certain moments inyour day like I loved.
I started my journey ofmeditation during cancer
(29:56):
visualization and those were myreally happy moments because I
saw myself doing like travelingor going to places, walking on
the beach.
It really made a difference.
Uh, gave me happiness and whenyou come into that vibration of
(30:16):
happiness in a few moments itchanges.
It changes a lot of things itdoes, it does.
Shruti Sethi (30:24):
You wrote a book called the healing power within,
or the yeah, the healing powerwithin.
You emphasize tuning into thebody for someone feeling
overwhelmed or disconnected.
What's the very first step?
To begin with?
Speaker 3 (30:41):
You know what grounding exercise we did right
now, I think it's the best wayto understand that, because a
lot of people, I ask them, youcan't even sit still Right and
when you work with your breath,like you said, you don't just
work with your breath, let thethoughts come in, do not really
(31:03):
push your thoughts away.
I think that for me also, thatchanged because I was, I was
never into yoga.
I was always going to the gymor doing things because I felt I
just can't remain in this oneposture for a long.
It's made me very uh, since Ihad anxiety.
It made me more anxious, so Idon't can.
So then I, I I'm like, then Itell them, or then I ask people
(31:28):
to just first connect with yourbreath, because most I'll tell
you, 80 to 90 percent of thepeople are not even breathing
correctly.
Right, because I take the yogasessions and meditation sessions
and I check how they'rebreathing.
They're not even breathingcorrectly.
So, and I was not breathingcorrectly with my yoga teacher
(31:49):
actually corrected me.
So first thing is to connectwith your breath, really connect
with the breath.
That's the first thing whichyou could do, and the second
thing I feel which people couldalso do is just listen to any
some sort of a mantra or just toOM, because OM is a universal
(32:12):
sound that connects you, thatconnects you to higher power,
that connects you to balances,all your chakras, the seven
energy centers.
It's very simple you can justplug in on youtube, start that,
start humming it together.
That will also make a bigenergy shift in your mind and
(32:33):
body.
I think these two simple things, if anybody's tried that, that
would be the first step theycould do towards connection now,
what would your past self sayto you right now?
Shruti Sethi (32:52):
oh, I love this question.
Speaker 3 (32:56):
Uh, my past self would say I'm pretty proud of
you.
I'm very, very proud of you.
Look what you've achieved, lookwhere you were, and now you are
helping others and living sucha satisfactory life.
I wish I was that you which youare right now.
(33:18):
I could have done one more, butit's okay.
I think the past, I wouldembrace my past and the present
as well, because if I was notthat person, I would have not
overcome the things, and youknow that that whole journey was
so beautiful, as a I would saycaterpillar to becoming that
(33:38):
butterfly.
Yeah, and people are afraid oftaking pain, people are afraid
of failures.
I would say that's such a youknow when, when you go back in
your life and you say youovercome such immense things and
pain and failures in your life,that's something which is,
(33:59):
which is a story to remember,not like your achievements or
your wealth or even that willnot give you that much
satisfaction.
You know this.
Uh, I remember when I was in thehospital towards talking to
cancer patients who were givenno time and they were all
talking.
They never talked about theirchildren, they never talked how
(34:21):
much wealth I have.
All they said that I wish I hadstarted earlier, and that's
something which really stayed inmy heart.
When I work with people who arein their 70s, who are in their
late 60s, 70s, 80s, I see themistakes they had done and
they're not taking care of theirhealth and their mind.
(34:43):
It's like a waking call for metoo.
It gives me energy to pushmyself, push my boundaries and
work more towards my well-being.
Shruti Sethi (34:58):
Now what would your future say?
Future self tell you about fear, oh wow future self I said.
Speaker 3 (35:10):
I think my future self said there's no point in
fear.
Fear is just a very, very, it'sjust in your mind and you have
that strength and capability toovercome anything, and fear is a
(35:36):
very artificial thing which ismore, which is given more by
your family or friends, becausethey don't know about your
journey, so just don't talk tothem about it or just don't
listen to them.
You have everything andanything.
(35:58):
If you want, you can achievecertain things.
So don't let fear come on yourway to any, to your success and
I've done this before in my uh,and you've done this in your
past as well, because youthought that this will fear you
out and you overcame that andhence you can do anything.
(36:20):
So don't let fear come in yourway of achieving things.
Shruti Sethi (36:27):
Now I know many of the listeners have heard a lot,
so are you able to let themknow where they can find you and
what you have to offer, andeven with the book?
Speaker 3 (36:37):
Absolutely so.
My book is available on Amazon.
It's called the Healing Powerwithin, by shruti seti, and I am
.
My website is called avanahealth.
It's a w a a n a h e l t h dotcom.
I am on all social medias oninstagram, facebook, anybody who
wants to contact me.
I do personal transformationsessions.
(36:58):
I also have a group ofcommunity where we do free
sessions, especially with cancerpatients.
We meditate together.
We have these beautifulwebinars on different topics.
So whoever wants to join mycommunity, please find me on
Instagram, ping me, give me ashout out and I definitely will
(37:22):
get back to you.
Shruti Sethi (37:24):
Now, what's one intention?
You'd like to leave a listenerthat's listening in right now.
Speaker 3 (37:32):
My main intention and I would say you know I really
want to reach out to one, twomillion people and help them
remain cancer free and tell themthat you know cancer can be.
90 of the cancer can beprevented.
It's just that you have to doconsistent steps towards it.
And if you are, because youknow it's not always easy to go
(37:57):
through that journey you you'veseen it with your friend.
It takes a lot of courage,takes a lot of and sometimes
it's very difficult for certaintypes of cancer to reverse it.
So why wait for cancer to happen?
It's, it's a.
It's not a disease.
It's not a happy disease.
To have any disease will matter, but this one is like it will.
(38:19):
It will burn your pockets, itwill burn.
It will also affect yourfriends, family.
So and remember and alwaysunderstand that you know your
dna changes a lot of changes.
What are we leaving behind forour future generations?
It's been said that in 2050,one in 5 persons is going to get
(38:41):
cancer again.
So the gravity is huge.
It is getting worse and worse.
Younger people are gettingcancer and you lose a lot of
time and effort and energy.
So why not do these simplethings for prevention every day
of our lives and live a littlemore conscious life so that we
(39:03):
remain that matter, so that I myintention is only to help
people in and inform that thatcancer can be prevented.
And please look into yourlifestyle.
I have a thorough checkup donetwice a year and always
understand what's going on andin tune with yourself and your
(39:26):
body.
Shruti Sethi (39:30):
I want to thank you for doing the alchemy in
your life.
You've taken impurities andyou've turned them into gold,
yet you didn't keep the gold foryourself.
You're sharing it with othersby, you know, offering services
and education and holding spacefor others, so I really want to
thank you for the light thatyou're shining in the world.
(39:50):
It's really has been a pleasureto be in your space and hear
your story thank you so much,natalie.
Speaker 3 (39:58):
It means a lot and thank you so much for doing
these podcasts.
And they say you're one of thepeople like you help us to share
a story with our, yourlisteners.
Anybody who's going throughcancer or anybody is going to
certain diseases.
If they take one or two thingsfrom that, they can totally
(40:18):
change.
So thank you for really doingthis and being a light worker in
this dark world.
Shruti Sethi (40:28):
You're welcome.
Please remember to be kind toyourself Absolutely.
Hey, you made it all the wayhere.
I appreciate you and your time.
If you found value in thisconversation, please share it
out.
If there was somebody thatpopped into your mind, take
action and share it out withthem it possibly may not be them
(40:51):
that will benefit.
NatNat (40:52):
It's that they know somebody that will benefit from
listening to this conversation.
So please take action and shareout the podcast.
Shruti Sethi (41:01):
You can find us on social media, on facebook,
instagram and tiktok under liftoneself, and if you want to
inquire about the work that I doand the services that I provide
to people, come over on mywebsite.
I'm into a discovery callLiftOneSelfcom.
NatNat (41:21):
Until next time, please remember to be kind and gentle
with yourself.
You matter.
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